
Condé Nast
Corprate Bias Ratings
Risk Level:
Summary:
Conde Nast, the media conglomerate comprising Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, and other media publications, covers employees travel expenses to get an abortion. Teen Vogue fired an editor for tweets she had posted 10 years before. Conde Nast does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees and discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Conde Nast mandates unconscious bias trainings for its employees. Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge and CEOs for Gun Safety. For these reasons, Conde Nast receives a High Risk rating.
Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Conde Nast does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Conde Nast requires all employees to participate in unconscious bias trainings (1). Conde Nast’s CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (2). Conde Nast’s CEO Roger Lynch signed the CEOs For Gun Safety (3). Lindsay Peoples Wagner, the editor and chief of Teen Vogue, founded the “The Black in Fashion Council” (4). Vogue committed to the 15% pledge, vowing to work with more Black artists (5). Conde Nast, Traveler, and GQ have multiple articles promoting Pride Month and LGBTQ spotlights (6)(7)(8).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Conde Nast covers travel and lodging expenses for employees to receive abortions out of state (1). The company has pledged $1,000,000 in advertising to “non-profit organizations combating racial injustices” (2). Traveler, GQ, and Vogue have all pushed readers to donate to LGBTQ organizations and organizations such as BLM (3)(4)(5).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Conde Nast does not operate a PAC at this time (1).
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September 14, 2023
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